Tristan J. Elias, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Galveston, TX
Tristan J. Elias, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Galveston, Texas, and NPI 1831935634, issued on Jul 2, 2024. Check the license (Texas BP10089957, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tristan J. Elias
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- BP10089957 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 712 Texas Ave, Galveston, TX 77550
- Phone
- (409) 772-1011
- Enumerated
- Jul 2, 2024
- Record last updated
- Jul 2, 2024
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tristan J. Elias in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license BP10089957Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
30 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $887.62
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medical Device Business Services, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Tristan J. Elias among 1,514 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Texas
Tristan J. Elias, MD is one of 1,514 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2024, is newer than 98% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 98% of these records are older, 1% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 67% of these records are
- Record last updated2024 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
27 orthopaedic surgery physician records list a practice address in Galveston
They are 27 of the 2,532 NPPES records with a practice address in Galveston, and 1,514 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Texas.
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- Blake Johnson, MDGalveston, TX 775551487220968
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- Grant McChesney, MDGalveston, TX 775551477082675
Common questions
What is Tristan J. Elias, MD's NPI number?
Tristan J. Elias, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831935634, issued on Jul 2, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tristan J. Elias, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 712 Texas Ave, Galveston, TX, 77550. Phone: (409) 772-1011. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tristan J. Elias, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number BP10089957, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Tristan J. Elias, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tristan J. Elias, MD had 30 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.